german surname hanger

[zzxxee]

irish surname hana
and surname fraser can anyone shed on their origin?

[dot.haukes]

Hanger is showing in the US census quite alot as originating in Baden but in the Continental Europe IGI it is showing more in Switzerland with a variation spelt haenger.

look at familysearch.org for various records but the IGI is parish registers in index form and accessibel on a database on that site.

http://genealogy.about.com/library/surnames/f/ bl_name-FRASER.htm

hana is also of Germanihttp://www.searchforancestors.com/surnames/origin/h/hanna.phpc origin:

[dot.haukes]

I can spell accessible ( I think) but i am watching andy murray lol

[dundurn]

Further to Dot's website - The name Fraser/ Frazer is Scottish in origin but the family (like lots of important Scots - Bruce, Wallace, Montgomery etc) originated in France. The "coat of arms" of Fraser is an example of "canting" heraldry - i.e. the symbols in the shield are puns of the family's name. The use of strawberry flowers (fraises in French) is an allusion to the name Fraser - not the other way round. The original name is probably from a placename in Anjou - Fresel/ Friselle/ Freseau - Frizell is still a variant (though an uncommon one) of the name in Scotland. ( I seem to remember that ex-GMTV presenter Phillips husband is Martin Frizell.)